Latitude: 39°29'52"N
Longitude: 120°51'11"W
A former lode Au-Pb mine located in secs. 15, 16 and 22, T19N, R10E,
about 1½ miles N of Alleghany.
Mineralization is hosted in gabbro, schist, serpentinite, slate, aplite, greenstone and marble.
Production data are found in: Ferguson and Gannett (1932).
References
Averill, Charles V. (1942), Mineral resources of Sierra County: California Journal of Mines and Geology; California Division Mines (Report 38): 38(1) (January): 61, 66.
Logan, Clarence August (1929), Sierra County, Colusa County: California Mining Bureau, Report 25: 180.
Ferguson, Henry G. & R.W. Gannett (1932), Gold quartz veins of the Alleghany district, California: USGS PP 172: 48, 95-97, figure 27.
Carlson, D.W. & W.B. Clark (1956), Lode gold mines of the Alleghany-Downieville area, Sierra County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52: 237-291.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 33, 171.
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